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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Sport in Paris

I rarely posted a sport related photo on this blog and though there are many sport facilities in Paris. I'm not talking about the many private clubs such as the famous Club-Med gym, but about the 388 public stadiums and gymnasiums, the 38 public swimming pools, the 43 public tennis courts... I just checked the guide that the Paris town hall made and even I am amazed by what I could do if I were less lazy! BTW, I took this photo at Porte de Saint Cloud (16th arrondissement) at the Géo André stadium one of the stadiums where the Rugby players from Le Stade Français are said to practice. I'm sure all my female visitors heard of them ;-)

Hmm. I'm pretty dense, I guess, because I couldn't tell what was meant by obvious. Now I get it!!

Petrea - go for it -c'est pas mal!

I was just looking back at April 1/09 - a photo of a yellow post box - and saw a little metal plaque to the right of it with numbers and letters and what looks like a handdrawn symbol of Paris - the ship. Does anyone know what this is - is it some other kind of Paris municipal marker or some odd graffiti?

You guys crack me up! I definitely can order one of those calendars—but before I plunk down $41 for it, I need to know that it will be personally (and I do mean personally) delivered by Mr. August himself!I just noticed this studly statue in relation to the basketball hoop. How big is this thing, Eric? Still learning from you—thanks!

Ahh the disappointment Alexa. I was reading and I was sure you were going to say, "but before I plunk down $41 for it, I need to know that it will be personally (and I do mean personally) delivered by Michael!" :-(

Oh, of all of us ....Gramma Ann tells us that they enlarge! Shell's laptop may not be able to handle this! Lynn - hoe, hoe, hoe!! : ) Eric, you seemed to think all the ladies would have heard of these guys already, but I think you've created a monster. And what about that tiny basketball hoop??!

Gramma Ann obviously has the knack because my careful and tender click did nothing of the sort. I'm quite surprised at the revealing nature of these calendars members. (chortle) You wouldn't see this in England. We only get rear views and bottom cheeks. The forest of the front is usually well hidden.

For some reason I can't access the Rugby player link at the office. Thanks for the tip Gramma Ann, but the enlarging will have to wait, as usual!Petrea: if you do receive a calendar, feel free to share. BTW, the pun should have read "it should be named." Let's say the boys had me flustered, except I didn't try the link until after I wrote my comment.

I don't know why, but I kinda thought this would be a big hit. Not that the photo is really interesting though. It may have something to do with one of the links I included in the caption... Go figure!

And I'm quite sure I'll need to revisit it as well (until I learn Gramma Ann's magic trick).Michael -- I almost said that! (But I didn't want you to feel obligated, you know.) Though you could probably be counted on NOT to call me "ma'am."

I'm going to hide the laptop tonite....we saw Daniel Craig's new movie last nite and my wife carried on about him for the rest of the evening! The last thing I need is for her to see the links and everyone talking about how to make the models "enlarge" !! lol